Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park, Chalk formations state park in Logan County, Kansas, United States.
The state park features 100-foot-tall limestone spires and cliffs extending for one mile across the Kansas prairie landscape.
The Niobrara Chalk formations originated 85 million years ago from sediments at the bottom of the Western Interior Seaway covering North America.
Local residents named the area Little Jerusalem due to the chalk formations resembling the ancient walls of Jerusalem rising from the plains.
Two designated trails, the quarter-mile Overlook Trail and 1.5-mile Life on the Rocks Trail, provide access to different viewpoints of the formations.
The park contains the largest population of Great Plains wild buckwheat, a plant species found only in western Kansas chalk bluff prairies.
Location: Logan County
Website: https://ksoutdoors.com/State-Parks/Locations/Little-Jerusalem-Badlands
GPS coordinates: 38.80250,-100.94250
Latest update: March 2, 2025 22:36
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